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The ABCs of National Drive Electric Week

Plug in America

Minnesota Clean Cities Coalition staff managed the EV test drive part of the event where guests were able to choose to ride or drive in a Polestar 2, Tesla Model Y, Subaru Solterra, Nissan Ariya, BMW iX, Kia Niro, or Kia EV6. The past participant came by to talk about their recent EV purchase.

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DC-DC Installed and New Brake Parts

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

I turned on all the lights, including the fog lights and drove around for about 20 minutes. One additional advantage is that the input is really a rectified 115V AC input that I can plug into the wall in case I need to recharge the 12V battery with an external source instead of the main pack.

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XL1 dive and drive: Volkswagen aggressively optimizes for efficiency in its sleek diesel plug-in hybrid

Green Car Congress

XL1 has no power steering, but is very nimble and easy to control due to its aerodynamic shape and light weight. The XLI can be also be put into a charging mode, which runs the engine at a slightly higher point that required, using the excess power to generate electricity to recharge the battery. Power and torque curves for the XL1.

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

Green Car Congress

Fritz Henderson, GM’s President and CEO: “ We had a couple of Audi and BMW customers sit in an Equinox and say ‘this vehicle should be priced well above what it is’—Chevrolet should blow people away for what they get for their money. ”. A pure HCCI mode, during light to medium loads, when no spark event is required for combustion.

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BMW MINI E Powered by AC Propulsion?

Revenge of the Electric Car

The automotive and green electric vehicle blogosphere has been abuzz with talk of the BMW MINI E ever since July 9th, 2008, when AutoblogGreen published the rumor that 500 of the intriguing new electric cars would be released later this year in California. Amazing AC Propulsion eBoxes at AltCarExpo Saturday, September 27th, 2008.

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Road Test: 2024 Kia EV6 GT-Line RWD

Clean Fleet Report

RWD EV6s deliver the best range, and AWD EV6s provide the best all-weather traction and performance at a minor penalty in range, with an EPA range of 232 miles for the Short Range Light, 310 for the Long Range Light, Wind and GT-Line, 282 miles for the AWD Wind, 252 miles for the AWD GT-Line and 218 miles for the performance GT AWD.

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Kia EV9 and Volvo EX30: Are they 2024’s most important EVs?

Charged EVs

That clears the first hurdle to qualify Kia’s electric three-row utility for the $7,500 federal purchase incentive (details on battery minerals and assembly are yet to be revealed). Priced at $56,395, the entry-level EV9 Light has a 76.1-kilowatt-hour Like the larger XC40 Recharge, it’s relatively slab-sided and upright, and its 7.0-inch

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